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ck
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:31 pm
Post subject: they knew of his work |
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Why do we need to us "of"? Why don't we just say "they knew his work"
instead.
They knew him, they knew of his work, they knew him personally
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:35 pm
Post subject: Re: they knew of his work |
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On 11 Sep 2004, ck wrote
| Quote: | Why do we need to us "of"? Why don't we just say "they knew his work"
instead.
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"They knew his work": they were familiar with the work -- they knew
its form and/or content.
"They knew of his work": they'd heard abouat his work, but had not
necessarily seen any of it, and may not know anything of its
form/content.
Fundamentally different things.
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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ck
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:11 pm
Post subject: Re: they knew of his work |
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Thank you, the explanation is very clear.
"Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9561BD1FEAB93whhvans@62.253.162.206...
| Quote: | On 11 Sep 2004, ck wrote
Why do we need to us "of"? Why don't we just say "they knew his work"
instead.
"They knew his work": they were familiar with the work -- they knew
its form and/or content.
"They knew of his work": they'd heard abouat his work, but had not
necessarily seen any of it, and may not know anything of its
form/content.
Fundamentally different things.
--
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
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